General Protection Fault: Scylla and Charybdis

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[Comic for Wednesday, October 29, 2014]

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[[After Dexter, Patty, and Trish regain their personal effects, Colonel Lionel Barker steps over to a boxy device with several dials and gauges on its face. He turns a knob and the device begins to emit a soft whine.]]
<<WHINE>>
Colonel: And with THIS, we should be able to speak freely without our hosts eavesdropping upon us...

Colonel: [grinning conspiratorially] It emits an ultrasonic sound they find most unpleasant. They seem to instinctively run from it. How convenient for us...
[[A quiet moan comes from Trish's purse, where Persephone is hiding. Trish glances down at it, a concerned look on her face.]]

Patty: [arms crossed] And what makes you think we weren't already "compromised"?
Colonel: [turning away and glancing over his shoulder at her] Aside from this device and my explicit instructions NOT to?

Colonel: [pointing at the back of his neck] The three of you should now be immune to their little "puppeteering" trick, as I am. The small patches I placed on your necks should see to that...

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